I know this isn't a DBI-specific question, but some of you are familiar with
what I've been doing so I thought I'd post here:
> The following line of Perl code:
>
> $earliest_contact = UnixDate("30000101","%Y%m%d");
>
>
> results in the following error messages:
> D:\>process_chunkmail_SEND.pl
> ERROR: Date::Manip unable to determine TimeZone.
> Date::Manip::Date_TimeZone called at /site/lib/Date/Manip.pm line
> 661
> Date::Manip::Date_Init() called at /site/lib/Date/Manip.pm line
> 779
> Date::Manip::ParseDateString(30000101) called at
> /site/lib/Date/Manip.pm line 1725
> Date::Manip::UnixDate(30000101, '%Y%m%d') called at
> process_chunkmail_SEND.pl line 50
>
> Can anyone shed any light on what the problem is? Is it because
> 01/01/3000 is too far in the future? I'm using v5.4.2 of DateManip.
> NOTE: This problem does NOT happen on my machine; it happens on a remote
> system to which I have no access. Another subsidiary is testing my Perl
> script and reporting errors to me.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Laurie A. Vien
> Sr. Programmer/Analyst
> Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
>
